A stroke survivor who suffered a stroke in October 2023 shares his baseline difficulties and documents his immediate observations five minutes after receiving Perispinal Etanercept (PSE) treatment at the Institute of Neurological Recovery.
The video captures real-time functional updates as the patient evaluates changes in his shoulder pain, bicep spasticity, visual clarity, hip discomfort, and overall fatigue.
Patient-Reported Changes Featured in This Video
- Rapid Reduction in Shoulder & Neck Pain: Prior to treatment, the patient reported severe shoulder and neck pain rated 7.5 to 8 out of 10, which made putting on a shirt or jacket difficult. Within five minutes post-treatment, he noted his pain score dropped to a 5, and subsequently down to a 3, allowing him to rotate his shoulder without pain.
- Visual Clarity & Focus: The patient previously experienced loss of peripheral and central vision that had progressively worsened over time. Following treatment, he reported that his vision felt focused and significantly less blurry.
- Arm Tightness & Tingling: The patient noted that the tightness in his right bicep area felt loose and relaxed, with a noticeable decrease in the severity of tingling in his hand.
- Reduced Leg Numbness & Hip Pain: The patient reported a reduction in right leg numbness and noted that his hip felt less painful during movement tests.
- Increased Stamina & Energy: Prior to treatment, chronic fatigue kept the patient in bed most of the day. Immediately post-procedure, he noted feeling less strained, more alert, and no longer feeling the immediate urge to lay down.
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When was your stroke? October 23rd, 2023. And what kind of difficulties did it cause for you? It started with my vision, um, which is the biggest thing for me, um, it took out my peripheral and some of my, uh, center. Uh, uh, right after the stroke it wasn’t this bad. Then after a while it tended got the worse, so. Yeah. So it declined over time. My arm, there’s a little tightness in my, um, right arm, my bicep area. There’s a little numbness in my leg and in my foot a little bit and then my shoulder is the pain area, shoulder, neck area, around that area. And how would you rate the pain right now on a scale from 1 to 10? about a 7 and 1/2, 8. Especially when I’m putting on a shirt or a jacket, it’s hard for me to lift up my arm and put my arm into my shirt or jacket or whatever. And so I’m constantly tired. I’m in the bed most of the time listening to TV cuz I really can’t see it, so. Yeah, I’m tired all the time.
How is the pain that was a 7? Um.
About a 5.
Yeah, feels good. Yeah, feels loose already. Wow.
Yes, it’s less tight. And how is the tingling in your hand? Um, it’s not as severe, not as bad. It’s It’s going away.
And my vision is clearing up. It seems seems like it’s focused now. A lot less blurry.
Yeah, it’s not much not as painful as it was in the hip.
I seems like I’m not as like not straining as much. I I don’t feel as tired.
I don’t feel like I want to lay down.
And how’s that shoulder pain doing? Is it still a 5 or has it come down? it’s it came down some. I’d say about a 3. Yeah. I haven’t seen you move your shoulder like that in a while. It’s cuz it was hurting. Yeah. It doesn’t hurt now. How about just the overall feeling of your leg? A little numb but not not the way it was before. Okay. The way lot lot less less number. Yeah, and it’s only been 5 minutes. [laughter] Yeah, not much. Yes. Yes. Oh my goodness, thank you so much.
